Superconformal field theories for compact manifolds with spin(7) holonomy

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Braun, Volker ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal and W Symmetry; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744750898     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/12/013     Document Type: Article

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